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Old 11-06-2007, 08:30 AM
mjkidd mjkidd is offline
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Default Re: How agressive to get with 2 pair?

Also, everyone who says "raise preflop":

Sure, it might be a little better to raise preflop in this spot, but overlimping is fine too. It depends on the limper's limping range and how tight and/or aggressive the blinds are preflop and how loose they are postflop. Raising here with K9s is great if you can predictably isolate the limper, but if the blinds are good they will know that you're isolating loose preflop and will pound you with all sorts of hands, and then you'll be playing a big pot HU or 3 handed with a K9s. So sometimes you would want to raise preflop here, but it's not automatic and if you choose to overlimp and play a small pot in position, then it's a small mistake at worst, and will sometimes be the correct play.

And if you do raise and isolate preflop, then the hand will go something like this on the flop:

MP checks, hero bets, MP raises, hero 3bets, MP caps

What a world of difference!
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